Lecturer in Counselling and Psychotherapy/Centre Co-Director

We are looking for a clinical academic in the field of Counselling and Psychotherapy to co-direct the Hope Park Counselling Centre and to contribute to core teaching on our professional programmes and have the opportunity to contribute to the research portfolio.  

The Masters and Doctoral programmes in Counselling and Psychotherapy educate students to become qualified counsellors and psychotherapists, both in the UK and across the globe.

The Hope Park Counselling Centre is a University-based adult public counselling service which also serves as a placement provider for Masters and Doctoral trainees in Counselling and Psychotherapy and as a research resource for staff and students.

You will provide clinical leadership, training, consultation and guidance to counsellors and psychotherapists in training, as well as qualified counsellors working at the Centre and to the Doctoral Career Development students.

You will be involved in supporting the development of clinical research within the Centre, including facilitating students and academic colleagues in service-based research activity, whilst having opportunity to develop your own research programme and potentially collaborate on research grant bids.   

Together with the Director of the Centre for Psychological Therapies and the Project and Development Manager, you will contribute to the strategic development of both Centres and their respective services and research programmes.

In addition to directing the Centre, you will also support Counselling and Psychotherapy students in securing placements in the broader network of community-based services. This placement liaison work involves maintaining a network of community placements, supporting the development of new placements and facilitating communications between placements, students and academic programme staff.    

In your teaching duties, you will contribute to course organisation, curriculum development, teaching and research supervision in the Counselling and Psychotherapy programmes. You may also provide teaching contributions to the undergraduate MA in Health in Social Science and the MSc by Research in Health, Humanities and the Arts programmes, depending on your interests and specialisms.  

Your skills and attributes for success:  

• Postgraduate qualification in Counselling and Psychotherapy, at Masters or Doctorate level holding professional accreditation with a relevant Counselling and Psychotherapy professional body (COSCA, BACP, UKCP or equivalent) or eligibility to apply for accreditation  
• Experience of supporting counselling practice placements and directing counselling services   
• Experience in professional education in the field of Counselling and Psychotherapy 
• Ability to design and deliver course materials and assess student performance in both academic assignments and counselling practice development 
• Responsibility for organising your own activities and for the management of allocated resources 
• Ability to work effectively both independently and as a member of a team as well as able to take responsibility for organising your own activities and for the management of allocated resources. 

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